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Contribution to Book
On the Heterogeneity of Northern Paiute Directives
Commands: A Cross-Linguistic Typology
  • Tim Thornes, Boise State University
Document Type
Contribution to Books
Publication Date
1-1-2017
Abstract

In this chapter, I explore a variety of grammatical constructions involved in expressing or asserting a desired action or outcome-what properly (and traditionally) fall under the functional domain of commands (or directives)-in Northern Paiute (Western Numic; Uta-Aztecan). I also discuss the various situational contexts appropriate to their use and make a preliminary assessment of their historical developments, as both grammatical and sociocultural phenomena. This study is intended to contribute to the typological literature on commands and on nondeclarative speech acts more generally (see, especially, Konig and Siemund 2007 and Aikhenvald 2010, inter alia).

Copyright Statement

This document was originally published in Commands: A Cross-Linguistic Typology by Oxford University Press. Copyright restrictions may apply. Reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198803225.003.0007

Citation Information
Tim Thornes. "On the Heterogeneity of Northern Paiute Directives" Commands: A Cross-Linguistic Typology (2017)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/timothy_thornes/23/